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| The Rise and Fall of the “Freest Little City in Texas” | |
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| Mr. Tik | Aug 3 2017, 11:32 PM Post #1 |
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How a libertarian experiment in city government fell apart over taxes, debt and some very angry people. https://www.texasobserver.org/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-freest-little-city-in-texas/ |
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You may be a conservative republican..if you are pro life until you get your mistress knocked up | |
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| Robert Stout | Aug 4 2017, 02:36 AM Post #2 |
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It could have worked if the town had 130,000 people.............
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| Jesus can raise the dead, but he can't fix stupid | |
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| thoughtless | Aug 4 2017, 09:05 AM Post #3 |
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This area of central Texas is one of the fastest growing parts of the US. All the little communities are fighting off annexation by San Antonia, Austin, and San Marcus, and are incorporating into cities. Some are more successful than others, but they all generally face the same challenges of building a new infrastructure to support rapid growth. That can be a real problem, especially for a lot of the current residents, that don't even want to grow in the first place, much less pay for the growth. There are people that can't afford to live in the house they bought decades ago because of high property taxes (Texas doesn't have an income tax, but has high state property taxes) due to the increasing value of their property. |
| Without geometry, life is pointless. | |
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| Opinionated | Aug 4 2017, 10:53 AM Post #4 |
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The problem with the typical libertarian approach is that it wants no more regulation and no more taxation than absolutely necessary, and no matter how limited both are, libertarians think they should be lower. Human societies simply do not work without rules or we wouldn't impose them on ourselves, because there would have never been the need. And every society worthy of being defined as a society has had at least some limited collaboration towards the common good, because if being a member of a society is the equivalent of being entirely on your own, there is no benefit to being a member of a society. |
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